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tomorrow there's a caucus in washington state way out west. we have new poll numbers from both states. let's go to the "hardball" score board. i love this. in washington state, it's mitt romney with a five-point lead over rick santorum. romney taking the state seriously. he campaigned there today. don't bet on the margin. now to ohio. the new poll shows santorum still holding a lead out there, but it's shrinking. santorum is at 35%. that's going to be a squeaker. although a lot of rural parts of ohio are religious and conservative. last week santorum's lead was seven many in that poll. we'll be right back. [ engine re] [ male announcer ] you know what that is? that's the sound of a mid-sized sedan that doesn't whine when you step on the gas. that's the most powerful v-6 engine in its class that also gets 29 miles per gallon on the highway. it's a very rare bird indeed. that's why we put wings on it. ♪ i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip
tomorrow there's a caucus in washington state way out west. we have new poll numbers from both states. let's go to the "hardball" score board. i love this. in washington state, it's mitt romney with a five-point lead over rick santorum. romney taking the state seriously. he campaigned there today. don't bet on the margin. now to ohio. the new poll shows santorum still holding a lead out there, but it's shrinking. santorum is at 35%. that's going to be a squeaker. although a lot of...
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she covers politics for the "washington post." she's been on the road with governor romney, and msnbc political analyst. i have to start with joan on this question. i'm looking at what's left in that so-called american jobs bill. it has a nice cover on it, we like the term american, we like the word jobs and the word bill is okay if it's passed, but since it's not passed, you can call it anything you want. the american jobs thought, the american jobs notion, but it's not passed at all -- >> prayer. >> perfect. and it's not been passed. if they're going to say no to spam, because i think of poor, the little thing that came in a can, and mitch mcconnell says, screw you guys, you're not getting anything passed, because my goal, the one that i want passed, is the one that gets rid of you. why doesn't he pass the jobs bill? public sector, fine. jobs building highways, moderate jobs putting in fast rail. why does he support the sector he says is getting starved? >> i think he will, i hope -- >> when? >> soon. tomorrow. seriously, though
she covers politics for the "washington post." she's been on the road with governor romney, and msnbc political analyst. i have to start with joan on this question. i'm looking at what's left in that so-called american jobs bill. it has a nice cover on it, we like the term american, we like the word jobs and the word bill is okay if it's passed, but since it's not passed, you can call it anything you want. the american jobs thought, the american jobs notion, but it's not passed at all...
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." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this war in peace the president started today. listening to the president today, i got the clear impression that we, the united states, is doing everything we can to avoid another shooting war in the islamic world. if we get into such a war by bombing iran or working with israel in such an active war, there could be consequences that are impossible to see, but hezbollah could gain a mass against us, the monarchy in jordan tottering, the government in libya toppling on the islamic side. war and peace. that's how the president laid it out today, and we need to talk about it with nbc's andrea mitchell and david korn of mother jones, author of a great new book "showdown." olympic games, i used that term because that was the code word for the george w. bush administration's plan to stabilize, disrupt and krip pel the iranian nuclear program by basically hacking into it. >> cyber war. >> cyber war. >> because the iranian nuclear program is not on the internet, this require
." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this war in peace the president started today. listening to the president today, i got the clear impression that we, the united states, is doing everything we can to avoid another shooting war in the islamic world. if we get into such a war by bombing iran or working with israel in such an active war, there could be consequences that are impossible to see, but hezbollah could gain a mass against us, the...
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abc/"washington post" poll had a more positive outlook. here it was. 38% viewed the pick favorably. 33% had a negative reaction to romney naming paul ryan. those polls were taken over the weekend. i wonder if he's losing the glitz and the pep of the weekend. that speech i saw this morning looked like the old romney again. >> chris, i think the way it looks to me at this point, if i'm talking to people from both parties, the risk for mitt romney is the worst of all possible worlds. he excited the base. no question. he excited the tea party and the rest of the conservative republican base with the pick of paul ryan. and now the question is going to be how loyal is he to it? how whetted is he to it? he's going to get attacked for it anyway. he can say anything he wants on "60 minutes." the two of them can do any dance they want in front of bob schieffer on "60 minutes." the fact is that the democrats are going to attack paul ryan's record which is not just about medicare and the budget, it's about social issues as well. he's very hard right o
abc/"washington post" poll had a more positive outlook. here it was. 38% viewed the pick favorably. 33% had a negative reaction to romney naming paul ryan. those polls were taken over the weekend. i wonder if he's losing the glitz and the pep of the weekend. that speech i saw this morning looked like the old romney again. >> chris, i think the way it looks to me at this point, if i'm talking to people from both parties, the risk for mitt romney is the worst of all possible...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. let mae start tonight with this. victory has 100 fathers john f. kennedy said, defeat is an orphan. let me tell you the people in the republican conservative parts of this country are rip. they had it in november -- rather they had it in october, they lost it in november. somehow like an nfl receiver, they saw that football landing in their hands, saw it floating right in there, and then it managed to slip right through. gone. the whole ball game. the game they had won now lost. and that's why they're looking for someone to blame. they can't blame that liberal obama so they're blaming that liberal romney. that northeastern liberal crowd. texas senator elect ted cruz is cruller still. he accuses romney of going out there and french kissing obama. yes, they're blaming romney now. they were blaming chris christie for working with obama during hurricane sandy. now they're blaming romney for dancing with him. the strict orthodox side of the republican party are blaming the candidate himself for giving away their virtue. ed rendell is the former governor
i'm chris matthews in washington. let mae start tonight with this. victory has 100 fathers john f. kennedy said, defeat is an orphan. let me tell you the people in the republican conservative parts of this country are rip. they had it in november -- rather they had it in october, they lost it in november. somehow like an nfl receiver, they saw that football landing in their hands, saw it floating right in there, and then it managed to slip right through. gone. the whole ball game. the game they...
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with me now is ezra klein from "the washington post" and "huffington post's" sam stein. a lot of republicans didn't like what they heard from the president today and have complained about it loudly. >> no, they weren't super happy with his somewhat jaunty press conference but they had a more substantive complaint. in his press conference and this was genuinely important, he said after this deal, even once republicans have voted to increase taxes by about $600 billion over the next decade, if they want to undo the sequester or do further cuts to medicare or social security, those -- that will all have to be part of, as he put it, a balanced package including revenues. he's saying even after this deal, the next deal, which we all expect to happen again because this is a pretty small deal, will have to include revenues as well. this gets to the key thing in these negotiations which is republicans are telling themselves if they agree to do a small tax increase now, they can go to the debt ceiling and then negotiate out an all spending cuts deal. the white house is telling th
with me now is ezra klein from "the washington post" and "huffington post's" sam stein. a lot of republicans didn't like what they heard from the president today and have complained about it loudly. >> no, they weren't super happy with his somewhat jaunty press conference but they had a more substantive complaint. in his press conference and this was genuinely important, he said after this deal, even once republicans have voted to increase taxes by about $600 billion...
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not part of typical washington. they were going to change the capitol in some fundamental way and this kind of thing, fooling around, drunken junkets overseas, doing this kind of frivolous stuff, it kind of cuts against that image of seriousness. that's like a thing a caricature of an old washington hd would do and not the thing that a bunch of young, earnest bright reformers would bring to the capitol. >> i didn't know this, but young israelis or americans who go over there and love the state of israel, what it stands for, this swimming is very popular in the galilee, part of a ritual of growing up kind of thing. >> it may be that this is innocent, and that the facts as they've been presented create a misleading ill presentation. i go back to, though, the question of what was upsetting to eric cantor. if the reporting's right. what was upsetting to him about it? if it was something that was acceptable? then, i don't see why he would be upset. he's obviously one of the most prom innocent jewish-american politicians,
not part of typical washington. they were going to change the capitol in some fundamental way and this kind of thing, fooling around, drunken junkets overseas, doing this kind of frivolous stuff, it kind of cuts against that image of seriousness. that's like a thing a caricature of an old washington hd would do and not the thing that a bunch of young, earnest bright reformers would bring to the capitol. >> i didn't know this, but young israelis or americans who go over there and love the...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, party boss. the battle over contraception is one of those rare issues where both parties think they hold the winning hand. but rush limbaugh just tipped the scales with his big, bad words. he's made the issue birth control itself. not a religion or freedom issue. it's about some strange attitude of his towards women, sex, or whatever. and the republicans refusal to fight him. president obama has weighted into this controversy. he called sandra fluke, the law student who was the target of rush's commentary, and she actually took the call in my office as she was preparing to be interviewed today by andrea mitchell. sandra fluke joins us tonight at the top of our show. >>> plus you know things are going badly for the republican party when george will says it's time to think about winning congress than trying to win the white house. what's behind this forbidding sense that the republicans are blowing this election? >>> and we have new poll numbers out tonight on the "hardball" scoreboard from ohio, w
i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, party boss. the battle over contraception is one of those rare issues where both parties think they hold the winning hand. but rush limbaugh just tipped the scales with his big, bad words. he's made the issue birth control itself. not a religion or freedom issue. it's about some strange attitude of his towards women, sex, or whatever. and the republicans refusal to fight him. president obama has weighted into this controversy. he called...
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the government has to take the role. >> yes, lower the rate, have washington take less and have washington spend less. that's exactly right. and what we've seen happen over the last few years is an explosion in regulation. 4,000 new regulations this year alone from this administration. 80,000 new pages to the federal register. over 1800 rule making hearings this first six months of this year alone. that is the explosion of big government and i say let's make certain that we lower the rate, we have government spend less and we get the fiscal house in order. >> let's take a holook at the comments made by newt gingrich and mitt romney how to deal with the foreclosure problem. here is mitt romney described his plan to address the foreclosure crisis that is everywhere, where we were last night in florida. let's listen. >>> don't try and stop the foreclosure process, let it run its course and hit the bottom, ahow investors buy homes, renters in them. >> mr. mcdermott, here is a guy that says the best thing to do abut foreclosures is foreclosure, have the developers fix up the property and offer
the government has to take the role. >> yes, lower the rate, have washington take less and have washington spend less. that's exactly right. and what we've seen happen over the last few years is an explosion in regulation. 4,000 new regulations this year alone from this administration. 80,000 new pages to the federal register. over 1800 rule making hearings this first six months of this year alone. that is the explosion of big government and i say let's make certain that we lower the...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad it's going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the public's horribly low expectations of what they can do? what will prove stronger for obama and boehner? the barrels they're riding in or the power of niagra falls itself? joining me now is politico's jonathan ryan. how about an answer on that one? what's going to protect these guys more? the low expectations people have about them getting anything done or failing to do what they set out to do. they all set the deadline. they have the -- what do you call it. the stakes are clear, the payroll taxes, income taxes, you name it. they put it all together. and if they blow it, who's going to get hur
i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad it's going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the public's horribly low expectations of what...
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washington post associate editor david maraniss wrote a new biography of president obama. soon after the release, maraniss became the target for the birther crowd who misquoted and misused information from his book to further their absurd conspiracy theories about the president. rather than ignore them, maraniss responded in a scathing this weekend in the washington post. of the bertha conspiracy theorists, he wrote i hold them in contempt and undermine the role of serious history as they concoct conspiracy theories. well, despite all evidence to the contrary, what konts to drive? and i ask this question, what does continue to drive the sizable number of americans who still believe the president isn't really what he says. david, you've done it again. you've written the book on someone. you've done a great job and now you've got at least the first volume on this president of ours wlo is, for some reason, the target of the strangest conspiracy theories. i think he did a good job of saying how -- what would it take to have been the person who concocted the idea of him being b
washington post associate editor david maraniss wrote a new biography of president obama. soon after the release, maraniss became the target for the birther crowd who misquoted and misused information from his book to further their absurd conspiracy theories about the president. rather than ignore them, maraniss responded in a scathing this weekend in the washington post. of the bertha conspiracy theorists, he wrote i hold them in contempt and undermine the role of serious history as they...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad it's going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the public's horribly low expectations of what they can do? what will prove stronger for obama and boehner? the barrels they're riding in or >>> heading over niagra falls in a barrel. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad it's going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own d
i'm chris matthews in washington. let's start with this. president obama and his republican opponents are about to go over niagra falls in a barrel, but nobody knows for shush how bad it's going to be. will the economy smash on the rocks below? will the stock market plunge a thousand points and keep on dropping? will the world money watchers see the u.s. drowning in its own dysfunction? or will obama and the dead-end opposition it faces be saved by the public's horribly low expectations of what...
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people don't understand washington par lance, but she's not making policy. deputy chief of staff in washington is a political and managerial role. >> you think she's fair game for bachmann's latest attempt to investigate everybody? >> no, but that's why i think this entire controversy is so strange. why go after somebody in this position. her closeness to clinton? it's a strange question. >> she's going on airplanes, they're sitting next to each other. she's great, been loyal to her husband through this embarrassment. she's a loyalist. >> i agree she's loyal. what i'm saying is she's not making policies, so it's a strange question to ask in the first place. what rush limbaugh is saying is that the republican establishment is going after her because she's deverting tension from the primary topic. >> the french and indian war with a well tailored and well perfumed french officers would have to explain the behavior of their ilis, their crazy allies. these people are embarrasssing the republican party, but they want their votes. ron reagan, thank you. thank you,
people don't understand washington par lance, but she's not making policy. deputy chief of staff in washington is a political and managerial role. >> you think she's fair game for bachmann's latest attempt to investigate everybody? >> no, but that's why i think this entire controversy is so strange. why go after somebody in this position. her closeness to clinton? it's a strange question. >> she's going on airplanes, they're sitting next to each other. she's great, been loyal...
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david ignatius columnist for "the washington post," david corn an nbc analymsnbc analyst the author of "47 percent." has susan rice, the ambassador to the united nations, when she went on "meet the press" five days after the assault on the consulate, was she speaking on the level with the best intel she had? >> amazingly enough, because she has been attacked so stridently for her comments, she was stating almost word for word the talking points the cia had prepared the previous day, september 15. i know that because i was given by a senior intelligence official a copy of those talking points, and they included the phrase that she got hammered for about the spontaneous inspiration for the benghazi events being what had happened to cairo. that view was revised a little bit since then, but what's amazing, a month after these events is that our intelligence analysts still aren't sure exactly what led to that attack on the compound in benghazi, and if mitt romney tries to claim otherwise, he's going against our most senior intelligence people. >> well, governor romney seems to be making the
david ignatius columnist for "the washington post," david corn an nbc analymsnbc analyst the author of "47 percent." has susan rice, the ambassador to the united nations, when she went on "meet the press" five days after the assault on the consulate, was she speaking on the level with the best intel she had? >> amazingly enough, because she has been attacked so stridently for her comments, she was stating almost word for word the talking points the cia had...
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it's a beautiful spring day here in washington. we just had sergeant shriver son to talk about his wonderful father. here is the blurb i had on his book. as founder of the pea course she was father to everyone in the peace corp. we see how religion today can lead to body things around the world, terrorism, war, hatred. one person kills another in the name of his or her religion and other treat the killer as a martyr on account he was killed in the act of killing others. sergeant shriver promoted his religious values but he thought people should help each other. like many'res, i had a chance to get out of my rut and go to a country in africa where i could work with local business people as a trade development adviser. i got a rare opportunity to live a totally different life for two years in rural africa. it was a life changing experience for any affecting how i look at things in the world. i'd like to think i did some good work for the good people that invited us into their country. it took a real good imagination to come up with t
it's a beautiful spring day here in washington. we just had sergeant shriver son to talk about his wonderful father. here is the blurb i had on his book. as founder of the pea course she was father to everyone in the peace corp. we see how religion today can lead to body things around the world, terrorism, war, hatred. one person kills another in the name of his or her religion and other treat the killer as a martyr on account he was killed in the act of killing others. sergeant shriver...
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and "washington post" columnist. mr. curry, what accounts inform -- from the change from charlie crist's watch to governor scott's watch? why? >> charlie crist, when he automatically restored felonies' rights without any process, without any process before any board or any hearing. the question is when you think about a felony, a drug trafficker. what would you say to their families that person serves their time and their votes righting automatically be restored? >> i would say the same thing i said about michael vick. playing quarterback for the eagles. i don't like it but he paid his debt to society. man has to eat. if we really believe in the process of fulfilling one's debt to society, then you have to allow them all the rights which includes voting. no? >> it's reasonable to have a waiting period. and after that waiting period a process where you go before a board and make your case as to why your voting rights should be restored. as a felon, you have violated the rights of other citizens. and by the way, criminals
and "washington post" columnist. mr. curry, what accounts inform -- from the change from charlie crist's watch to governor scott's watch? why? >> charlie crist, when he automatically restored felonies' rights without any process, without any process before any board or any hearing. the question is when you think about a felony, a drug trafficker. what would you say to their families that person serves their time and their votes righting automatically be restored? >> i...
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we have it on record thanks to you and the washington post. thank you, john dean, i think you are the world's most famous and important whistle blower. >>> when we return, let me finish with a big lesson we haven't learned from watergate. the millions of dollars of dirty angry money flooding into politics at this moment. you're watching "hardball" the place for politics. my cut hurt! mine hurt more! mine stopped hurting faster... [ female announcer ] neosporin® plus pain relief starts relieving pain faster and kills more types of infectious bacteria. neosporin® plus pain relief. for a two dollar coupon, visit neosporin.com. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase
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i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, an oo moment for mitt. what happens to a candidate when he says i'm not concerned about the poor when he accepts the endorsement of donald trump? when he tries to poo poo another strong jobs report. what happens is you find yourself six points behind president obama. a new poll just out, the president says he deserves a second term. mitt isn't going to get help from newt gingrich, however, who is pledging to go all the way to the convention. leave it to his former colleague in the house, dick army to say he's taking a second-rate campaign and turning it into a first-rate vendetta. plus tom brokaw says politics is subject to ufos. this year's wild card may be in the middle east where syria, iran, and egypt have the potential to scramble the election in ways we can't predict. if you thought that clint eastwood halftime in america ad looked like a pro-obama ad, you're not alone. >> this country can't be knocked out in one punch. we get back up again. yeah. it's halftime america. our second half is about to beg
i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, an oo moment for mitt. what happens to a candidate when he says i'm not concerned about the poor when he accepts the endorsement of donald trump? when he tries to poo poo another strong jobs report. what happens is you find yourself six points behind president obama. a new poll just out, the president says he deserves a second term. mitt isn't going to get help from newt gingrich, however, who is pledging to go all the way to the...
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people don't understand washington parlance. but she's not making policy. i mean, deputy chief of staff in washington is a political -- >> what -- you think that she's fair became now? >> no. >> for bachmann's later -- to investigate everybody? >> no, i don't. that's why this entire controversy is so strange. why bo after somebody in this position that's for closeness to clinton? it is a strange question. >> she is very close to clinton. she goes on an airplane and sitting next to each other, she is great and loyal to her husband. >> that's my point. not making policy. i agree she's loyal. what i'm saying is she's not making policy so it is a very strange question to be asking in the first place. and the whole -- what rush limbaugh is saying that the republican establishment is going after her because she's diverting attention from the primary agenda which is -- talking about president obama and the economy. >> you know what this reminds me of? american history. french and indian war, very well tailored and very well perfumed french officers explain the beh
people don't understand washington parlance. but she's not making policy. i mean, deputy chief of staff in washington is a political -- >> what -- you think that she's fair became now? >> no. >> for bachmann's later -- to investigate everybody? >> no, i don't. that's why this entire controversy is so strange. why bo after somebody in this position that's for closeness to clinton? it is a strange question. >> she is very close to clinton. she goes on an airplane and...
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mitt romney will focus on the other -- washington. well, wall street versus washington. that's it. john heileman is national affairs editor for "new york magazine" and joe williams covers the white house for politico. john heileman, let me ask you about this different blame game. from the beginning of our country's history, politicians have blamed new york bankers, big east money. almost like apple pie going back to huckleberry finn. this is what we do in american politics. blame the big city, new york and the wealth. will it work this time for president obama running for re-election? >> i don't think president obama is has ever been a comfortable full-throated economic populist. there's no doubt the white house and his re-election team is pushing him more in that direction. we saw the speech he gave in kansas a few weeks back. there's no doubt they are going in that direction. but the president is, as i say, no huey long. he's never taken up that mantle very comfortably. and he's also someone who continues to receive a lot of money, a lot of support from the financial services ind
mitt romney will focus on the other -- washington. well, wall street versus washington. that's it. john heileman is national affairs editor for "new york magazine" and joe williams covers the white house for politico. john heileman, let me ask you about this different blame game. from the beginning of our country's history, politicians have blamed new york bankers, big east money. almost like apple pie going back to huckleberry finn. this is what we do in american politics. blame the...
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." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. it's five days until christmas, 12 till new years and the battle lines are drawn. the trenches have been dug. the president has made his promise and intends to keep it. that promise is fairness. he cannot go along with any republican deal that protects the wealthy. he will risk the cliff to keep his promise. if it comes to it, he'll leap right off of it. to do less would be a sign to his enemies a sign that they can beat him. well u they simply tried. the words out he wants former u.s. senator chuck hagel in nebraska for secretary of defense. he's a republly can and a combat veteran of vietnam. the neocons are out to stop him for what he is and what they aren't. he served in war right up front. he opposed unness wars like the ones we've been fighting. fighting and getting ourselves into all of these years. in other words, they opposed the secretary of defense who thinks the man is the commander in chief. there's not an obama vote among them, by the way. u.s. congressman and democrat f
." >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. it's five days until christmas, 12 till new years and the battle lines are drawn. the trenches have been dug. the president has made his promise and intends to keep it. that promise is fairness. he cannot go along with any republican deal that protects the wealthy. he will risk the cliff to keep his promise. if it comes to it, he'll leap right off of it. to do less would be a sign to his enemies a sign that...
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well, is it possible that paul ryan really is a unifying force in washington? i mean, the left and the right both reacted to a selection of what seemed like equal excitement over the weekend. obviously one side celebrating a little too soon here. one thing seems clear, ryan's pick is a game changing moment in the campaign so far. romney went for a selection that would change things up, redefine his narrative after weeks of bad headlines everything from bain and his tax returns he won't show us to his overseas trip which was a flop and romney decided playing it safe wasn't an option anymore, so he went with ryan. ryan comes with major risk and the democrats know it, in particular he's a lightning rod on his budget which president obama has made already clear to be one of his centerpieces of his campaign. so did obama get his dream opponent? we're going to get two views nour starting with rice under bill clinton, professor of economics at the university of california berkeley, author of "beyond outrage: what's gone wrong with our economy and how to picks it." it
well, is it possible that paul ryan really is a unifying force in washington? i mean, the left and the right both reacted to a selection of what seemed like equal excitement over the weekend. obviously one side celebrating a little too soon here. one thing seems clear, ryan's pick is a game changing moment in the campaign so far. romney went for a selection that would change things up, redefine his narrative after weeks of bad headlines everything from bain and his tax returns he won't show us...
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today's washington post. "richard ar armey walked in with his wife, susan, and and aide holstering a handgun. the gun wielding assistant ses courted freedom works' top two employees off the prem sis while armey suspended several others. the cue lasted all of six days. what does people like this at this main tea party organization for the move itself? msnbc political analyst. he's also rorlted on the freedomworks story. joan walsh is editor at large and an msnbc political analyst. >> you start with what you've got. dick armey, i've known forr. he's really rich and eccentric. if he was rich, you'd say eccentric. the other guy is on here all of the time. who's the good guy? who's the bad guy? in this fight. >> i think they should say i achl. but it's become very bitter. >> but coming in with a gun, an armed guard and telling everybody to get out. >> that story obviously came about because people favorable wanted to get that out and make dick armey look a a complete madman. i spoke to dick armey and a spoke to th
today's washington post. "richard ar armey walked in with his wife, susan, and and aide holstering a handgun. the gun wielding assistant ses courted freedom works' top two employees off the prem sis while armey suspended several others. the cue lasted all of six days. what does people like this at this main tea party organization for the move itself? msnbc political analyst. he's also rorlted on the freedomworks story. joan walsh is editor at large and an msnbc political analyst. >>...
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in washington let me start with today's big standoff. president barack obama and former governor mitt romney each making his case to lead the country the next four years. obama showed us a choice between his economic policies and romney's. he says his policies are based on tax fairness. and ka bigger commitment to energy, infrastructure. he wants people trained for jobs. he wants government to put people to work. he wants the financial big shots on wall street regulated in the interest of the people. will just give us a rerun of what we got from w. tax cuts. romney's basic argument today is that he'll do what big business thinks ought to be done. let's hear from ed rendell of pennsylvania. author of a great book "a nation of wusses." and michael steele. both are msnbc analysts. we brought on the heavyweights today if you don't mind me saying so to address this question. president obama today clearly tried to turn this election -- this is the keyword -- into a choice. not a referendum on how the economy's doing. a choice between two candi
in washington let me start with today's big standoff. president barack obama and former governor mitt romney each making his case to lead the country the next four years. obama showed us a choice between his economic policies and romney's. he says his policies are based on tax fairness. and ka bigger commitment to energy, infrastructure. he wants people trained for jobs. he wants government to put people to work. he wants the financial big shots on wall street regulated in the interest of the...
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washington." washington versus him. john hammond, let me ask you about this different blame game. populous from the beginning of our country's history, politicians have blamed new york bankers, big east money. almost like apple pie going back to huk l berry finn. blame the big city. new york and the wealth. will it work this time for president obama running for reelection? >> i don't think president obama is has ever been a comfortable economic populous. there's no doubt that the white house and his reelection team is pushing him more in that direction. it seems like only a few weeks. there's no doubt they are going in that direction. but the president is, as i say, no huey long. he's never taken up that mantle comfortably. he continues to receive a lot of money and support from the financial services industry. he had a chance to really crack down on the big banks and didn't do that. i think he's going to walk a line that's more of a soft populism when it comes to policy, but he's certainly going to try to tie mitt romney to the worst and paint him in the same way newt gingrich is
washington." washington versus him. john hammond, let me ask you about this different blame game. populous from the beginning of our country's history, politicians have blamed new york bankers, big east money. almost like apple pie going back to huk l berry finn. blame the big city. new york and the wealth. will it work this time for president obama running for reelection? >> i don't think president obama is has ever been a comfortable economic populous. there's no doubt that the...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this matter of war and peace the president addressed today. this is a stunning development. listening to the president earlier today, i got the clear impression that we, the united states, are doing everything we can to avert another shooting war in the islamic war. if we get into such a war by bombing iran or helping or working with israel on such an act of war, we could well unleash consequences that are impossible now to see, but imaginable as hell on earth with hezbollah engaged in an all out offensive with us, egypt quitting its treaty with israel, the monarchy in jordan toppling, and who knows what coming our way here in america thanks to the sleeper cells. war and peace -- that's how the president laid it out today, and we need to talk about it with nbc's andrea mitchell and david corn of mother jones and author of the great new book "showdown." you know, olympic games, i use that term because that was the code word for the bush administration, george w. bush
i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this matter of war and peace the president addressed today. this is a stunning development. listening to the president earlier today, i got the clear impression that we, the united states, are doing everything we can to avert another shooting war in the islamic war. if we get into such a war by bombing iran or helping or working with israel on such an act of war, we could well unleash consequences that are impossible now to see, but imaginable...